The Night the City Screamed

• Director: Harry Falk
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Thriller
• Main Cast: Raymond Burr, Robert Culp, Georg Stanford Brown
• Release Year: 1980
• Country: US
• Run Time: 96 minutes

Plot

A big-city blackout galvanizes the plot of the made-for-TV The Night the City Screamed. Recreating recent events in New York City, the film details a crime spree that runs unchecked throughout the darkened metropolis. Mayor Raymond Burr tries to stem the tide of robberies and rapes, even as he labors to becalm the panicky citizens. An all-TV-star cast, including Robert Culp, David Cassidy, Georg Stanford Brown and Don Meredith show up in brief, interlocking vignettes of "fear, panic, greed, hostility, rage and...love" (or so says the film's press kit). The Night the City Screamed was originally telecast December 14, 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Raymond Burr
• Robert Culp
• Georg Stanford Brown

Jason Bernard; Taurean Blacque; Grand L. Bush; David Cassidy; Clifton Davis; George DiCenzo; Matthew Faison; Jonathan Frakes; Gary Frank; Don Meredith; Linda Purl; Shelley Smith; Vic Tayback; Dick Anthony Williams

Credit

Harry Falk - Director